Through the addition of Conceptus, which has developed the Essure procedure, a surgery-free and hormone-free permanent birth control method that has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Bayer will be able to provide a comprehensive range of contraceptive choices for women, the German firm said.

Although Judge William Alsup of the Northern District of California District Court denied the Conceptus motion for permanent injunction, which was designed to permanently block Hologic's sales of its Adiana system in the US and denied Conceptus' supplemental damages request, he allowed Conceptus to file a supplemental complaint seeking damages since 30 June 2011.

We are very pleased to have received Canadian approval almost a full year ahead of our expected timeline," stated Cindy Domecus, senior vice president of Clinical Research & Regulatory Affairs for Conceptus.

We continue to believe that at trial we will win on the merits of our case and prove conclusively that the Adiana system infringes our patents," commented Mark Sieczkarek, president and chief executive officer of Conceptus.

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